5 On Your Side
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Homeowner Trying to Keep Cool after Problems with Discount AC Unit
Posted 5:50 PM 5/23/2013
ALAMO - An Alamo woman is frustrated over problems with a discount air conditioning unit installed in her house. She called 5 On Your Side.
Dalila Lopez purchased a used A/C (More)
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Woman at Odds with Attorney over Fees
Posted 4:29 PM 5/20/2013
HIDALGO COUNTY - A woman is at odds with a local attorney after he refused to refund fees for work he didn't do.
Norma Hancock hired the attorney to apply for the federal Deferred Action (More)
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Veteran Demands Reimbursement from VA
Posted 7:30 PM 5/13/2013
WILLACY COUNTY - A veteran says the Veterans Administration refused to pay his travel expenses after he was referred to a doctor in San Antonio.
Vietnam Veteran Juan Cavazos said he needed (More)
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Spiders Overrun Apartment in Brownsville
Posted 4:33 PM 5/10/2013
CAMERON COUNTY - A Brownsville man is concerned about a spider infestation at his housing project.
Grady Gott said he has become a virtual hostage in his own home.
Gott said his (More)
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Brownsville Resident At Odds With Postal Service
Posted 8:43 PM 5/9/2013
CAMERON COUNTY - A Brownsville resident said he can't get U.S. Postal Service employees to deliver his mail correctly.
Eddie Padron Sr. said the problem started when his son, Eddie Padron (More)
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Chronic Illness Lands Mother in Truancy Court
Posted 7:55 PM 5/3/2013
HIDALGO COUNTY - A Weslaco mother was summoned to truancy court after her son missed more than 40 days of classes.
The woman, however, said her son suffers a chronic illness and the summons (More)
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Man Waits Two Years for Attorney to Draft a Will
Posted 9:45 PM 4/29/2013
HIDALGO COUNTY - A Rio Grande Valley resident said he has waited two years for a lawyer to draft his will.
He called 5 On Your Side for help.
Jose Vasquez said he wanted to have a (More)
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Veteran At Odds With Hidalgo County
Posted 10:11 PM 4/22/2013
HIDALGO COUNTY - A Mission man says he is out of thousands of dollars after Hidalgo County workers mishandled his veterans' disability claim.
The Vietnam veteran took his claim to the (More)
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Landowner at Odds with Federal Government
Posted 9:52 PM 4/18/2013
BROWNSVILLE - A Cameron County landowner says the federal government is trying to buy his land at an unfair price.
Rick de los Santos called 5 On Your Side for help.
De los Santos (More)
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Home Health Agency Workers Demand Pay
Posted 9:42 PM 4/18/2013
EDINBURG - Employees of a home health care agency say their employer again has failed to pay them on time.
The workers called 5 On Your Side on March 8 to expose their problem. Their (More)
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